Industrial Power System Fundamentals

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CA$1,095.00

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A course designed for Engineers in training, designers, construction and operation personnel who are responsible for the specification, design, installation and maintenance of electrical equipment in industrial facilities.

Course Description

Learning Objectives

To design an industrial power system distribution system incorporating the appropriate safety, economic reliability, operational and maintenance requirements

To apply the appropriate industry recognized design standards to a design

To understand the terminology used in the context of an electrical distribution system

To be able to use simple "rules of thumb" to estimate the performance and economics of an electrical distribution systems design

Course Information

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Venue

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Instructor

Allan Bozek, P.Eng, MBAAllan has over 30 years experience in the design, construction, commissioning and maintenance of industrial power systems. The scope of his experience includes manufacturing, oil and gas production, refining, water treatment and mining industrial facilities. He is a member of the IEEE industrial applications society, a committee member of the Canadian Electrical Code Section 18 (Hazardous Locations) and is a registered Profession Engineer in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

Detailed Outline

Historical Development of Power Systems

War of the Currents

Overview of the North American Integrated Electricity System

North American Transmission Grid

Management of Power Generation vs. Consumption

Regulated vs. Deregulated Market Systems

How wholesale electricity prices are determined

Design and Safety Standards

Fundamental Safety Principles of Electrical Design

Shock hazard

Industry statistics

Fire hazard

Voltage and electromagnetic influences

Power supply interruption

Prescriptive vs. Objective standards

Electrical Safety Regulatory System

Safety Codes Act

Administration of the Act

Utility Regulated (BC and Ontario)

Deregulated (Alberta)

Self regulation for Industrial Users

Concept of a variance

Reference Publications

CSA C22.1 Canadian Electrical Code

CSA Z462 Workplace Electrical Safety

CSA M421 Use of Electricity in Mines

IEEE Publications

Color Book Series

IEEE 80 - Safety in AC Substation Grounding

IEEE 519 - Hamonic Control in Electrical Power Systems

IEEE 1584 - Arc Flash Calculations

IEC Publications

Systems Planning

Electrical Design Economics

Capital vs. Operating Economics

Energy efficiency evaluation model

Estimating the cost of a power interruption

Reliability and Availability

Calculation procedure

Load Forecasting and Equipment Sizing

Developing a load list for a facility

Voltage Level Section

Harmonics and Power Factor

Power factor correction formulas

Surge Protection

When it is required

Utility Substation Design Configurations

Industrial Plant Power Distribution Systems Design Configurations

Simple Radial Design

Secondary Selective System

Emergency Bus Configurations

Engineering Design Analysis

Load Flow Analysis

Voltage Drop Calculations

Short Circuit Studies

Estimating short circuit magnitudes in simple applications

Transient Stability Analysis

Motor Starting

When it is required

Protective Device Coordination Analysis

How to read protective relay time current curves (TCCs)

Harmonic Analysis

When it is required

Grounding

System Grounding

High Resistance vs. Low Resistance vs. Solidly grounded systems

Bonding

Substation grounding

CEC requirements

Electrical Distribution System Design

Fundamentals of Circuit Protection

Fuses vs. Circuit Breakers

Principles of operation

Electrical System Coordination Principles

Typical TCCs of fuses and breakers

Conductors

Copper vs. Aluminum

Sizing of Conductors

Shielding and Terminiations

Bus Duct and Cable Bus applications

Transformers

Transformer Theory

Transformer Standards

Selection and Application

Switchgear and Control Apparatus

Medium Voltage Switchgear

Metalclad vs. Metal Enclosed Standards

Arc resistant switchgear

Low Voltage Switchgear

Power Circuit vs. Molded Case Breakers

Motor Control Centres

NEMA vs. IEC Design

Short Circuit and Overload Protection

Arc Flash Safety

Root Causes of Arc Flash Incidents

Arc Flash Calculations

CSA Z462

IEEE 1584

Arc Flash Mitigation Techniques

Systems Design Approach to Arc Flash Mitigation

Equipment Specifications

PPE

Warning Labels for Equipment

Electrical Substation Design

Equipment Selection

Equipment Spacing Requirements

Conductor and cable support selection

System Auxilaries

Monitoring and Control Requirements

Grounding System Design

A variety of tutorials and hands on working exercises are incorporated into the course to help in the understanding of the course material.

Corporate Training Courses

If you have 6 or more potential attendees in your organization, consider a corporate venue. We will come to you and present this course. This can be very cost effective especially in situations where employee travel and accommodation is required. If a corporate venue is of interest, let us know and we will prepare a proposal for you.